Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, and More C.F.D.A. Attendees Have Some Fashion Advice for Donald Trump

Now that Hillary Clinton has been deemed the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee set to battle likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the polls in November, we asked fashion designers, celebrities, and industry experts at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards Monday night about Trump’s and Clinton’s style. Specifically, is there anything they’d be doing differently if they were Donald Trump?

“First, he needs a hairstylist. Then, a new designer,” said veteran designer Nicole Miller. “I would love to send him down to Thom Browne. Can you imagine Donald Trump in a Thom Browne suit? I’d love to see that. Somebody should draw that up.”

“I’d like to see him in shorts, but I don’t think he would be comfortable,” Thom Browne, who was named winner of the C.F.D.A.’s Menswear Designer of the Year for the third time last night, said. “If I ever dressed Donald Trump, I’d like to see him wear more fitted suits. The fit of a piece of clothing is one of the most important things.”

Stacey Bendet of Alice + Olivia agreed with Browne about Trump’s loose-fitting suits. “I’d send him to Lord Willy’s down in SoHo. They do amazing tailored suits. Donald Trump has to make a stop there. But before that, I would give him a full makeover. I would start with his hair. I would shave it and have him go bald. I can’t get off on his hair and focus on his clothes,” she explains.

Others, like Vera Wang, don’t mind Trump’s fashion sense too much, but she would like to see him expand his neckwear. “Well, he likes the navy blue, white shirts, and red ties, and what I would do is change up the ties,” she said. “I don’t think you could take him out of his suits. That’s sort of like his uniform. I’d recommend different choices of colors other than red and blue. That’s a good place to start.”

Broad City actress Abbi Jacobson hoped Trump does not move to any designer brands like Prada or Burberry. “I wouldn’t want to see him in any designer because it would make him look better. We should all see who he really is.”

Jacobson’s co-star Ilana Glazer was happy that he hasn’t sported anything besides suits. “I don’t want to see body. I’d like to see him shop on a budget and put his own outfits together,” she said. “I’m sure he’s never done that.”

“The idea of him wearing separates, I would just rather not have to think about it,” added Sarah Rutson, Net-a-Porter's Vice President of Global Buying.

“I would give him a miracle cream that would make him disappear,” Betsy Johnson said with a straight face. “Like you try to do with wrinkles. Donald Trump is like unwanted wrinkles.”

When it comes to Hillary Clinton’s clothes, the unanimous consensus was for her to ditch the monochrome pantsuits.

Miller recommends designer Jason Wu, who created many of Michelle Obama’s dresses. “Jason Wu makes nice tailored clothes that would be very flattering on her. I think she has some cleavage, so I would show the cleavage too. I’d definitely do long sleeves and I would do a dark color—black or navy would be good on her—and maybe do a little bit of an embellishment.”

Designer Diane von Furstenberg feels the former New York senator has nothing to worry about regarding her wardrobe.

“I would change nothing about her style. Hillary loves clothes and she is a beautiful woman,” said von Furstenberg. “Style and fashion is about strength, it’s about heart and about courage and that is what Hillary represents through her fashion.”

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